SARS-CoV (COVID-19) is a respiratory virus that causes severe pneumonia and death in the majority of people it infects. The virus is known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease it causes is called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. […]
In past years COVID-19 has been less likely to be contracted while outdoors, however, the new strains don’t play by the same rules. Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, says this is most likely due to the power of the new variants and subvariants. The hardest hit groups in America […]
The new BA.5 COVID-19 variant is becoming more widespread, particularly in Chicago’s Cook County. As a result, health experts are warning people to take extra precautions in the coming months. Back to the New Normal The pandemic drastically changed everyday life, forcing people to become distant from neighbors and family. Except for some individuals, most […]
